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8-13D-9-31: WATER QUALITY MANAGEMENT:
Water quality protection is a central strategic aspect of Hidden Springs. Certainly, the local and state environmental regulations will not tolerate any foreseeable pollution to either ground water or surface water. More important, the prospective market for land ownership in the proposed development will not tolerate pollution or even the potential for pollution of surface water and ground water. Water quality management is reflected throughout this application in the land uses, in the infrastructure and in the way the owner's association operates. The following is a brief summary of the various water quality management practices incorporated throughout this application:
Water Conservation: The most effective way to manage water quality is to conserve water. Hidden Springs policies include conservation of ground water used for domestic supply and for irrigation. These conservation measures are intended to minimize the amount of natural ground water brought into the consumption or usage cycle, leaving the most water at the source and the ground water untouched. Conservation will take several general forms. Water will be conserved by limiting the area and type of irrigation allowed throughout the development. Domestic supply will be limited by promoting or requiring the use of water-saving showers and fixtures within each individual house or commercial unit. Lastly, all sources of use throughout the proposed development will be metered and a monitoring system established to track the use and abuse of water supply throughout the development. Other specific water conservation strategies will be applied where appropriate and are discussed in the following section.
Road And Drainage Design: Roads have been laid out throughout Hidden Springs in a manner that takes advantage of local terrain and soil conditions. The roadway concepts in this application include rural road section with large grass swales and various runoff features on-site which are used to collect, treat, and dispose of excess drainage. Runoff from the site will not exceed predevelopment levels. Runoff from hard surfaces on lots is intended to be retained on the lot site in grassed areas or swales provided in or adjacent to the building envelope. On larger rural lots, individual drainage retention and disposal features may take other forms. Generally, all lots will be graded with retention swales strategically located on each lot.
Land Use Configuration: The absolute foundation for rational development including water quality management is to utilize the natural soils and geologic features on-site to their optimum. This type of planning is the basis of the configuration presented in this application. Water quality management becomes a subconscious element of the layout process.
Wastewater Treatment System: The wastewater treatment system constructed for Hidden Springs is a sophisticated aerated lagoon biological treatment system. For some individual lots greater than two and a half (2.5) acres, individual septic tanks and drain fields may be used. All collection, treatment, and disposal features have been planned, designed, and constructed in accordance with current regulatory guidelines and mandates. These guidelines and mandates have been established to protect ground water quality. The good soils and geologic conditions anticipated on this proposed site offer an excellent opportunity to implement these wastewater treatment facilities without any impact on ground water.
Implementation Strategy: Hidden Springs will demonstrate the technical feasibility of successful water quality management. If the technical feasibility is to become reality, certain implementation milestones should be scheduled. In preliminary design the following milestones are important:
It is anticipated that the development of Hidden Springs will not negatively impact surface and ground water quality in the vicinity.
During construction an environmental field coordinator should be on site. That person's responsibility should include observations to assure that construction activities and constructed facilities are in conformance with the intent and recommendations of the water quality management concept introduced in this application.
After construction a suitable monitoring and management structure must be in place. It must have the authority and ongoing resources to administer the water, wastewater treatment, and drainage facilities.
Qualified professional management entities will be retained to supervise operations, maintenance and monitoring of the water system and wastewater treatment system.
(Ord. 1002, 10-28-2025)
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